THE VOICES (Part I)
Recently, I assigned a reading from Benjamin Dreyer's delightful examination of English language usage, Dreyer's English, to my AP...
BOSS LIFT
Throughout my years as a school administrator, I often engaged with the two people above me in my school district. One of my fights...
LESSON LEARNED
My teaching career has run just short of fifty years, and I have learned many valuable lessons along the way. Students take advantage of...
DRIVER'S ED?
Like most juniors and seniors in high school, I expected to take Driver's Ed. Unlike most upperclassmen, I had zero desire to drive a...
SPEED READING?
I have often mentioned my ineptitude and lack of a motivating principle as a student, but I was not entirely without success in high...
IT'S A SMALL WORLD
It doesn't seem like world fairs exist anymore, but when I looked the topic up, it seems there were a few in the 21st Century, but they...
TV TIME (Part III Sandy Becker/Jon Gnagy)
Children's TV made stars out of a number of people, some of whom I may write about in future posts. There was Captain Kangaroo, of...
TV TIME (Part II-Scandal Aftermath)
Last time, I discussed a popular kids show from the mid-50s, Terrytoon Circus, a weeknight staple. But there were wonderful weekend...
TV TIME (Part 1)
When my kids were young, we enjoyed watching all the Nickelodeon shows and the Nick, Jr. series. Of course, I introduced them to shows I...
SMILING THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE Esquire in the 60s
The era of great and influential and stylish and witty and provocative magazines is long gone, and our culture is the sadder for it....